Multispeed dynamo-electric machine



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l l l Patented July 1, 1924.

FREDERICK CREEDY, OF YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.

Y 1V!ULTISIEEl-ID DYNAMO-ELCTRlC MACHINE.

Application nled Eebruary 17, 1820. Serial No. 359,311.

To all whom t may concern:

it known that I, FREDERICK CREEDY, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland` residing at l0 ,Ashburn Place, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England, have invented new and useful. Improvements Relating to Multispeed Dynamo-Electric Machines, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to alternating current induction motors of variable pole numberu p .It consists in equipping both the stator and rotor with windings each capable of direct excitation from a polyphase line, and producing fields of different numbers of poles, and in adapting each of these windings to serve as a secondary when the other is excited from the line.

lf desired the stator may carry a pluralit-y of windings giving different pole numbers, or a winding or windings each capable of modification to produce two or more different pole numbers; in such case the rotor winding` is adapted to serve as a secondary on two' or more numbers of poles.

Generally speel-:ing the terms stator and rotor are interchangeable in this specification. TWhat is proposed in respect of l one member is applicable also to the othera subject to obvious practical limitations; the rotor is in motion, and so it is relatively difficult to make and vary connections between its windings and external conductors; and it has frequently less slot space than the stator for accommodating windings.

Further both parts of ay machine may carry more than one winding, or be adapted --to act as primaries for more than one pole number.

Methods bywhich windings may be designed or adapted to serve as primaries on more than one pole number are disclosed in my prior Patents Nos. 1,291,424 and 1,41851'79.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the explanation given below of the conditions that windings must fulfil if they are to serve satisfactorily as secondaries, and if they are not to interfere with the action of other windings; and the explanation of the methods. by which windings maybe designed or adapted to meet these conditions.

In the first place a winding will only act satisfactorily as a secondary if the inducing field generates in it approximately balanced polyphase currents lf the number of uniformly distributed sections of the secondary is equal to the number of poles in the inducing field,V the phase difference between neighbouring sections will be 180, and the secondary currents will be single phase. That is not satisfactory. lVhile there is no definite limit beyond which a winding is impracticable the phase difference between neighbouring sections should preferably not exceed about 1200. Therefore a first condition is that the number of sections of the secondary should not be -much below three times the number of pole pairs in the inducing field.

A. section is the portion of a winding producing a lzone or band of current of a particular phase, that is it consists of one or more consecutive coils or bars joined in series and all carrying the same current when the winding acts as a primary. In a primary winding the number of sections is determined by the number of phases and the. number of poles; in accordance with the 360 X pole pairs y rule sections tween adjacent sections; though as shown in my patent application No. 276263 the number of phases in the winding may eX- ceed the numebr of phases in the supply. rhe phase difference. must be either 60 or i200 on three phase supply and 90 on two phases. The ends of a section are the points at which. the current changesphase on the primary pole number or numbers.

lf a given primary winding has not suiiicient sections to enable it to act as a secondary upon a particular pole number, the sections must be increased in number bythe provision of connections between points in the winding intermediate between the ends of existing sections. i. e..between points at which there is no change of phase ofV current on the primary pole number or numbers. The choice of such points will depend on the manner in which it is proposed to connect the sections.

One widely applicable method of adapting a winding to serve as a primary on one pole number and as a secondary on another is to connect all its sections in star, and to join in parallel all the sections which are supplied from any one phase of the mains =phase difference besections connected to act as a primary on 2 poles'and as a secondary on 4 poles, .1. v big. i shows the connections oi the sections; i

Fig. 5 shows a modified Winding` to serre fas a primary on poles and as a secondary on 2 poles; i

Fig. 6 shows a Winding adapted to at asaprimary on l and 8 poles as a ondary on 6 poles; u Fig. 7V illustrates how a Winding may be connected so that the number `oi the sections when acting as a secondary may differ from the number of sections when it acts as a primary; f v

. 8 represents in a manner similar to Fig. l the eective relative disposition oiE the sections of a Winding adapted to act as a primary on l and 8 poles and a secondary on 6 and l2 poles;

, Fig, 9 shows the connections or the sections. and Fig. l0 an alternative scheine of connections;

Figs, ll and l2 show windings to be combined With the Winding shown Figs. 8 and .9 to produce a ve speed motor;

Fig.' 13 shows a tivo phase Winding connected to act as a prnnary on Lipoles;

Fig.f le shows it connected to act as a priii ry on 2 poles *u l5 shows4 alterne-.tive arrangement of the Winding illustrated in Fig. l;

F' x l@ shows a similar two phase Windranged to act as primary on 8 poles secondary on 6 poles;

1.7 shows' it arranged to act as a Fig.. i

primary on 4- poles and as a secondary on 6 poles a i8 Lows the stator and rotor Wind- --igures l and 2 are diagrams oie phase ---pole primary .Winding of l2 ses`- This isicdapted to act as secondary cu2. 6 or 8 poles; and only fails to be altogether' suitable for l0 poles on account `votthe insuiiicient total number of sections.

Figure i. shows the effective relative difposition of Vthe sections on the periphery of *theY machine, and Figure 2 their connections. The sectionsare numbered consecutively'around the machine, one end ont each being;V numbered l, 2, and the other la 2 3 so that Figure 2 may shim7 the relative reversal of half the sections. Each parallel-connected group it will be seen is made up of sections evenly spaced around the periphery of the machine. Each section also bears three numbers; for example7 section 2, 2a bears the numbers 30, 60, 120, these numbers indicate the phases of the electro motive forces across thesection on 2, 4 and 8 poles assuming the phase of the electro motive 'force across section l, l@l to be O.

Another method of Wide application is'to onnect successive sections together so tha he winding is continuous around the periphry of the machine, and to Vprovide such a number or chord connections as are necessary to complete secondary current paths. rl`his methods is typically represented by an ordinarr lap Windinv with chord e uali- -onsidered belong,V may be permay that is to sayi they may be com pl ted by internal connections; because vheir existence does not aiiect the action of Winding` as a primary= Secondary curent aths in which there is a resultant F. on the primary pole numbers y be closed when the Winding is o `act as a d by connections external to' the it. howeverS rheostaticcontrol is .anted; t-- e; all secondaryV current paths irrespectiife of their condition on v pole members. vienof the valuej especially for rotor findings, of a Winding which can serre as primary on one pole number while gerranently connected to serve a secondary on another pole number. it is'important to consider for what pole numbers it is possible so to arrange a Winding. Discussion et a few specific o:samples will maire clear certain tfreneral rules governing the design of windings: In this discussion the number of poles which thewinding is to produce as a primary is referred to as the primary pole number7 and the number of poles in the field to which it is to act as a secondary as the secondary pole number= It the total number of sections is even, there will be sections diametrically opposite It the primary and secondary numbers of pole pairs are prime to one another and not second ary. and must thereto re completed through the erternalV both odd, these diametrically opposite sections will be in phase (i. e. will carry currents in phase) with one another for the even number of pole pairs, and in opposition of phase for the odd number of pole pairs. Two examples are seen in Figures 3, 4, and 1. Figures 3 and 4 show a winding of sections connected to act as a primary on poles and as a secondary on 4V poles. Gn the primary pole number sections 1 and 4. for inst-ance, arein opposition of phase, and may therefore be connect-ed in parallel relatively reversed. On the secondary gole number these sections are in phase. so their M. Rs add in the closed 1oca-l circuit. igures 5 and 1 show a windn or 1:2 sections connected to act as a priy on 4 poles and as a secondary/*on 2 v Se a two speed motor may be had by placing the winding of Figure 4 on the rotor and the winding. of Figure 5 on the stator. It is to be noted that since on 4 poles, which is the primary pole nnmber for Figure 5 sections 1 and .4 are in opposition ot phasevr and .sections 7 and 10 likewise,

and so on, these ysections may be joined in series in pairsrrelatively reversed; but to connect the pair 1, 4 in series, and the pair 7. 10 in series, and then merely join the whole group 1, 4 in parallel with the whole group 7, 'l0 andso on, would not make a satisfactoryv secondary fori@ poles; l must be joined in parallel with '1 4 with 10, and

so on, as shown. l.

lf the two 4numbers of pole pairs are not prime to each other, the periphery of the machine will have a number of identical d iu visions equal to the greatest common measure (G. C. M.) ,of the .two numbers' of pole "Fpairs, to'V each of` which a rule like that which be^ins the last paragraph will apply.

lf the total nnmberof sections is divisible by twicel the G. ll/l. mentioned, there will` be sections half av division apart; and theseV (instead of lsections halic the whole periph-v ery apart) will be in phase for onev pole number andin opposition of phase for the other, so long as the twonum'bers of pole pairswhen Vdivided by their C. llle give in the one case an odd and inthe other an even quotient. For instance for 6 and 12 poles the win will have 3 identical di visions. and sections 2; of the whole circumterence apart will be in phase on one .pole

number and in opposition of phase on the other. hloreover sections of the whole circumference apart will have the same phase as each other)` on both pole numbers and may be connected in sets Vof't-hree in series, l Y

It is apparent then that if vall the primary pole pairs which a winding is to serve are even. and all the secondary pole pairs odd, or if all the primary pole pairs are odd and all the secondary pole pairs j as Yprimary on 6 and 12 poles.

ny types, For the. rotor those windings are wbest suited .which require relatively few termina-ls. relativelf.v tew slots. Suitable typ are those which give tivo pole numbers ha" a ratio of Q51, the sections being con ect-ed into a mesh or in series in a star for one i ole number and in two parallelsin ntar on the other. Figure 6 is an example. winding of 12 sections as represented in Figure 1 is joined in a mesh, each limb of which comprises two pairs of pare-hel s The angles of 'the mesh and the mid points of its'rsides are "oined to slip rings M, M2 M3, S1, S2, S3, sin in all. A switch S eriables the es of mesh to be joined to three phase mains L1, L, L3, when the winding gives 8 poles. or the mid points of the sides .to be joined to the mains and the angles short-, circuited, when the winding` gives 4`poles. The internal connections of the sections into parallel pairs, which distinguish the winding from the known type, enable it to act as a secondary or' poles.

. Reference has already been made to the necessity of a sutlicient number of sections in the winding. Whenever the ratio of the primary and secondary pole numbers for which a.winding is to serve exceeds 2:1, as wl tten happen ina 3 or 4 speed motor, this need will become apparent. For the number of sections in a primary winding is determined by the number oi" poles and the number of phases; though as appears from my Patent No. 1,418,717 9 and from the e:- amples herein described, the number of phases in the winding may exceed the number of phases of the supply. For instance if a motor is required to operate on 4, 6, 8' and 12 poles one member may be equipped with a winding serving l.as a primary on 4 and 8 poles, and the other with a winding serving Y But the norand 8 pole winding would be wind- 2 sections, having -phase currents in it producing a 4-pole field, and S-phase currents when producing an 8-pole field. A winding having 12 sections acting as secondary in a 12 pole lield no matter how connected can have only single phase currents generated in it. But opposite sections of the winding will be in phase with each other on both primary pole numbers.V There fore the midpoints of opposite sections,-or any corresponding points, as points lr from the end of a section- Will be equipotential points on both primary pole numbers and may be permanently joined Without affecting the action of the Winding as a primary. Tivo such sections are shown in Figure 7. Equalizers a, Z and c, f connect the sections in parallel. Additional equalizers such as 7), c, in effect malte the Winding one of 24 sections on 12 poles, enabling 4-phase currents to be generated.

The examples examined show that the number of parallels in a secondary Winding may vary from 2 (e. g. Figures 4 and 5) to the total number of sections per primary phase (e. g. Figure 2). How many parallels there must be for any particular pole number, or in other Words for `vvhat pole numbers a particular number of parallels is suitable, may be deduced from general con siderations.V Y

The sect-ions joined in parallel must be in phase or in opposition of phase if relatively reversed) on all primary pole numbers, and on all secondary pole numbers must .form a balanced polyphase system or set of polyphase systems.

Assuming first that the sections are connected in parallel Without'relative reversal.

will bein phase'on a r pole pairs (rt being any integer) and onfp pole pairs (p being an integer not a vmultiple of r) if the G. C. M. ofp and r is 1/ there Will be y independent Vpolyphase systems of phases each;`

because the systems are independent the seotions may in such case'bejoined yV in series and in parallel. Expressed as a table this rule, already set forth in my specification No. 2?' 6263 gives the following results Scctoas connected in parallel without relative reversal.

r=number of evenlyspaced sections which may be connected in parallel.

Winding can be used as primary on n r pole pairs, u=

and as secondary on p pole pairs G. C. M. of p and r=number of independent'systems= Minimum num- Value berof ofp.

parallels.

Minimum 1111111- ber of parallels.

Minimum Value num- Value ofp. berof ofp.

par-

e allels.

The left hand column Shows the numberV of sections available for connecting in parallel which Will depend chiefly on the number of poles and phases.

The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th columns give the number of pole pairs on which a given number of parallels can act as primary, when all the coils are connected the same Way, :tor particular values of a. 0f course the table can be extended to other values of a.

The remaining columns of the table give the number of pole pairs upon which the winding will act as a secondary for different values of r. lf the G. M. C. of r and p is greater than 1, certain of these pole numbers can be obtained with a less number of parallels than that given in the first column; and this number of parallels is indicated in the alternate columns.

if, instead, alternate sections in Jthe group r are reversed, then the r sections, as connected, Will be in phase on n rpole pairs; for which lnumber of pole pairs the Winding will make a satisfactory primary. It Will act as a secondary on n r pole pairs other Vthan the values of r- Itis true generally that any given number of equally spaced parallels can act as secondary on all polenumbers p on which they are not available as primary. Nevertheless if the G. M. C. of p and r is greater than 1 it is possible to use a number of parallels less thany r though it is still possible to use the full number r. Figures2 and 5V illustrate the use of 4 and 2 parallels to make up a 4 pole Winding. Thisisy very desirable Where possible as a small number of turns of large Wire. is more economical than the converse.V Thus for a Winding capable of connection into 4 parallelsand used as a primary on 4, 8, or 12 pole pairs say, (see table) it is possible as an alternative to use 2 parallels only if it has to operate as a secondary onV 6, 10, 14 etc., pole pairs. Simi'- lar'lya Winding capable of 6 parallels and operating as primary on 6, 12 and 18 poles may be joined in 3 parallels'only if it op,

vand in fact on all numbers of pole pairs Then r evenly spaced sections so connected crates on 4, 8, 10, 14etc. pole pairs as sec# ondary. i

It should be observed that Where a Winding is arranged to give several primary pole numbers they must all appear in the primary columns of the table.l For instance suppose vveAWish to design a 6 and 12V pole Y primary Winding (i. e. 3 and .6 pole pairs) capable of use as a secondary also. Y Glane'- ing through the table We Vsee that 3 and 6 pole Vpairs together only' appear in the .case of 3 parallelswithout relative reversal; and

it is impossible to find integral yalues of nl, n2 and nto satisfy the equations Hence any Winding to gire 3 and 6 pole pairs must have 3 parallels. Similarly if vve'vvish to arrange our windingfor and p'oles' (l and 3 pole pairs) We have no choice but to use two parallels relatively re- 't'f'ersed Thus the Vnumber of parallels available for windings of multiple primary pole number'is rather narrowly restricted eren "Without vreference to the secondary. Of course the maximum number of parallels is the number of sections per 'primary phase.

Insome cases ho\v ver'vre have al goed deal of latitude even Wit-h a Winding of tvvo primary pole numbers Consider the case of 8 pole 3 phase windinghaving S sections per phaseT If required for 8 poles (e pole pairs) only all 8 sections .may be in parallel lf required for and 16 poles and Sfpole pairs) then since the S poles have to be reversed as described in connection with Fig, 6 and' 9 referred to belonv they must be connected so as to be independent of the N poles. Thus rre are reduced to e parallels by this condition,

We have non to decide further Whether it is possible to reduce the number of parallels to 2'. This depends on the secondary pole numbers If it is to operate say on l2 poles only (6 pole pairs) then referring to the line in the table corresponding to l sections capable of beineq paralleled We see that a Winding tvith this number of parallels is capable of opera-ting on '4 and 8 pole pairs as a primary but that a Winding with only tno parallels is capable of doing so also. Moreover loolrinjr at the secondary columns since 6 and 4t have G, C. M. 2 the Winding can operate as a secondary on 6 pole pairs with only tivo parallels. Hence a Winding` to gire ee. il. 8V pole pairs needs only tivo parallels. If however We require it to operate on 6 poles as vvell ie e. to rive 3. t. 6, 8, pole pairs vte rind that the G. C, M. of 3 and 4l is l so that the full 4C parallels will be required,

.another case arises when some or all of the secondary pole numbers are to be found in the primary columns of the table, for instance in Figures 9 and l() We have 2 parallels and e main sections per phase (each divided into 2 sub-sections which must be in series as described above). Since there are only 4 sections tivo of Which must be capable of reversal with respect to the other tvvo nomore than tivo parallels can be empl lVith tivo para `ls both 2, 4- and 6 po -Y irs and poles) ble numbers of parallels is such that local f.

short circuits are impossible-that'is on the 'secondary pole numbers all the parallels yield'the same voltage, it is possible to subdivide each phase which may contain one or several sections in series into a num-ber vof portionsin series across which E, M. PVs-of different phase will be found. By suitably choosing` these portions and short circuiting them either directly or through resistance itis possible to obtain a balanced polyphase system of secondary currents in the sections of the Winding as We' go round the circumference which Will'correspond to the required secondary ocle number.

Figures 8;4 9 ant 'l0 shovv an example of this, as Well as of the sub-division of each main section into two sub-sectionstvhich has been described above. W'e may at first ignore this subdivision and treat lthe Winding as containing l2 main sections 4 per phase. The Winding is required to give two N poles and tivo S poles per phase'wvhen operating as a e pole primary and four N poles when operating as 8 pole primaryK Hencethe S poles must be capable of lreversal with respect to the N poles and therefor cannot be coupled permanently in parallel with them. Thus the number of paralle s cannot exceed two. lVe see moreover referring to the table that a Winding having;n two parallels not mutually reversed is capable of acting as a primary on 4 and 8 poles and as a secondary on 6 poles.

ne convenient arrangement of such a Windingl to comply with these conditions is shown in Figure 9. Applying the line to terminals M11 M M3 all the sections in one phase viz. and 19/20 as well as and 13/14 Will be N poles and the Winding will give S primary polesi If We shortI circuit the points M1. M-2 and M3 and apply the line to the points S S2, Si as may be done by moving' the switch so that its contacts engage the contacts M1, hf?. M33 S27' S3j resultantsections and lil/ltfor in ance, vrill still remain north poles while in sections and 19/20 the current vill be reversed a d they Will therefore be south poles the lWinding therefore is converted into `pole Winding in Which coils are provided co ,oonding both to the north and to the south poles, Non' consider the case vwhen this Winding is required to operate on 6 poles'aU secondari.v the parallel sub-sections l and 1B Q and-lll, for instancev` which we saw were in phase with one another on 4- and 8 poles7 Will now be opposite in phaser and each such pair will form a short circuited local circuit in the manner described above. It is tlffefore clear that no diiliculty will be experienced in using this winding as a secondary on 6 poles. When we come to 12 poles however the case is dierent for sections 1 and 13 are in phase on 12 poles as well as on 4 and 8 poles and therefore no short circuited local circuits are'formed. In fact referring to the table we see that 12 poles (6 pole pairs) appears as a primary and not a secondary pole number.' It is necessary therefore to short circuit Ythe winding by means of extra terminals and switch gear and this can conveniently be donein such a way as to permit resistance regulation. Compare Figure 8 with Figure 9 and we vsee that the 3 phases M1, M2v and M3, which exist on 4 and 8 poles are all identical in phase on 12 poles, for instance, the parallel sections 1 and 13 are in phase with 9 and 21, 5 and T7 respectively.

2 and 14 are in phase with 10 and 22, 6 and 18 respectively;

7 and 19"are"1'n phase with 3V and 15, 11

and 23 respectively.

8 and 20'areinfphase`with 4 and 16, 12 and 24 respectively# It is therefore permissible to connect in parallel M1, M2 andV M3, Vand S1, S2.V and S3 an'dalso to join in parallel the intermediate points T1,"'T22 Vand T33. and also T1?,- T23 and T31. It is also necessary to join M1, M2 and M3 to the star'point. Having done this we are now provid ed with 4 terminals which Y we may call M, S, T and T1. These form the terminals of a4 phase system which may be regulated by means of aV 2 phase rheostat Q, R, inthe usual way connected across the points M, VVS, and T, T1. L.'

-`Thus the above `description and diagrams show us how we may escape from the diliti-l culty which arises when one of the second-T ary pole-numbers appears in the primary columnsof the table as well as the primary pole-numbers. But this of course is an exceptional case, which would be avoided wherever possible by an appropriate choice of pole numbers, the case illustrated Vbeing one of the important examples.` In fact 'a combination of '4, 6, 8, 12 is so often required that we cannot dispense with it in practice. A 6/12 pole rotor winding with B parallels and 6v collector rings can readily be made to co-operate'with the above winding and presents no special features.

The above description shows how we are compelled to deal with a winding in which other requirements (in this case the require# ments of 2 primary 'pole numbers) prevent usy from usinga number of parallels suitable to all the secondary pole numbers. Had we been able to use 4'parallels without relative reversal the winding being used solely on 8 poles as a primaryV both 6 and 12 pole sec'- ordary operation could have been provided the connection shown those sections, forinstance 1, 13, 7, 19, which had they been placed in parallel would have given a balanced local polyphase system (in this case 4 phase on 6 poles and forming two single phase systems on 12 poles) are placed instead in series and the means shown must therefore be adopted to short circuit them. l/Vherever external means of short circuiting are used it is easy to provide for rheostatic control.

If rheostatic control were desired on the 6 pole speed the connection of the sections in parallel would have to be done by external resistances as shown in Figure 10 and the number of terminals of the machine would be not less than 24. y

Where two distinct windings are placed on one member the'E. M. F. in any closed circuit of the one induced by the eld` of the other must be zero. A. similar rule has already been laid down for the closed secondary circuits of a winding with respect to its primary pole number; and the devices by which the rule was complied with in the former case apply generally to the case of two windings. VBut in the case of two windings there is an additional variable of which advantage may be taken; for not only may suitably placed sections be joined to give the desired result, but -it may be attained by giving the two windings suitable pitches. .For if the pitch of one winding is `equal towor a multiple of the double ing, so that the total E. MF. .around each; coil is zero..WFor instance a ,l2-pole and an' ina S-pole winding may be wound on a 48 slot core, the former with a slot latter with a slot pitch 1-1 g.

As an example of the application of the othermethods already described Figures 11 and 12 show .the stator windings for a v5- speedpmotor.V Two primary pole numbers, say 6 and 12, are got fromV a winding such as, hasl alreadyt been described which iS placed onthefrotor and connectedVl` to 6 slip rings. "On the stator are placed two Vwindings, one adapted to act as aprimary on say 8 and 16 poles, the other'on 10 poles. ln'fthe former opposite sections will be in phase on both primary pole numbers, whereas a field of anodd number of pole pairs will excite oppositeE. M. 'F.s in opposite sections. So if the 8 and'16fpole winding )pit-ch 1-13, the

is built up offpairs Vof'opp'osite sections end by a black dot. The sections so represented and numbered are connected together different ways to give the two diii'erent pole numbers, either as shown in Fig. 16V to give 8 poles or Fig. 17 to give 4 poles. It is only necessary to arrange the connections between the terminals to be varied to change the pole number, all other connections as will be seen from the drawings being permanent.

1t is clear that the same winding can be adapted to give any number of pairs of poles which are multiples of 4 and 8, for example 16 and 32. This is attained by well known methods, for example, since 16 is 4 times 4 and 32 is 4 times 8, the number of sections instead of being 16 will be 64, and the circumference of the member can be divided into 4 Zones each containing 16 sections. In this case, therefore, each section, for eX- ample that numbered 1 to 1a, must be replaced by 4 sections in series, which would be numbered 1, 17, 33 and 49, one of these sections being taken from each of the 4 Zones; similarly the section from 9 to 9a is replaced by 4 sections in series which would be numbered 9, 25, 41 and 57 and the two sets of sections thus formed be connected in parallel. The methodof adapting a machine designed for any pole number for multiples of that pole number is well known to those skilled in the art.

Fig. 18 shows the windings ofv one form of motor according to the present invention.

The motor has one winding on the rotor which is represented by the part A and two windings on the stator represented `by the parts B and C of the figure. The winding A on the rotor and the winding B on the stator are threeV phase windings ,and the winding C on the stator is a two phase winding. The switches necessary to change'from one speed to the other are also illustrated diagrammatically in the figure. The winding B on the stator is a .winding of the form illustrated in Fig. 9 of the drawings, and the second winding C on the stator is of the form illustrated in Figs. 16a-nd 17 of the drawings.

rlhe winding A on the rotor is of the form illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings and all these windings have already been fully described. The motor is arranged toV run at 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 32 polesr The winding B gives 4 and 8 poles as a` primary and acts Vas asecondary on 6 and 12 poles. The star mesh winding A acts as primary on 6 and 12 poles and as secondary on 4, 8, 16 and 32 poles and the two phase winding C acts as primary on 16 and 32 poles and partially as secondary on- 6 poles. The connections of the windings are controlled by the switches A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J. The three phase supply is lconnected to the terminals L1, L2, L3 and the vtwo phase supply to the terminalsN1, N2., N3, N4.

By operating the switches as indicated in the figure, the connections are obtained to produce the necessary arrangement of the windings for the motor to run on any one of the speeds mentioned. in order to arrange the winding C for 16 and 32 poles, each section, for example, that between 1 and 1a,v must be understood to consist of a: set of 4 sections connected in series equally spaced round the circumference as is described with reference to Figs. 16 and 17. It is of course obvious that a winding of this type can be adapted for any number of poles. The connection of the winding C are controlled by the switches E, F, G and H and the connections for the windings A and B by the other switches. The switches'A and B control the winding A and the switches C, D, I and J Acontrol the winding B.

' What I claim is:

1. An alternating current dynamo electric machine of variable pole number comprising a stator and rotor, a winding on one member to be connected to a polyphase supply to produce a field'of a particular pole number and adapted to act as asecondary in a field of another pole number, a winding on the other member to be connected to a poly-phase supply to produce a ield of that other pole number and adapted to act as a secondary in the field produced by thewinding on the first mentioned member- 100 2. An alternating current dynamo electric machine of variable pole number comprising a stator and rotor, a winding onV one member to be connected to a polyphase supply to produce a field of a particular pole' 105 number and adaptedto act as a secondary in a eld of another pole number, a winding on the other member to be connected to a polyphasesupply to produce a field of that other pole number and adapted to act as a 11@ Y secondary in the field produced by the winding on the first mentioned member, one of said windings having a number of sections Y connected in parallel equal to the total number of'evenly spaced sections in which E. 115 M= F.s of like phase and magnitudeV are Vgen-v erated on the primary pole number divided by G, C. M. of this number and the number of secondary pole pairs to be produced.

3. An alternating current dynamo electric machine of variable pole number comprisingI a stator and rotor, a winding on one of said ,members to be connected to a polyphase supply to produce a Held of a particular pole number and adapted Yto act as a secondary in a field of lower pole number, a winding? on the other member divided into a number of sections to be connected to-a polyphase supply to produce a field of said lower pole number and connections between points in saidv Winding-intermediate the ends of the sections, connected points being of equal potential When the Winding is joined to the supply, and said Winding beingr adapted to act as a secondary in the field produced by the Winding on the first mentioned member.

4. An alternating current dynamor electric machine of variable pole number comprising a stator and rotor, a Winding` on one of said members to be connectedto polyphase supply to produce a field` of a particular pole number and adapted to act as a secondary in a plurality of fields of different polernumbers,y a Winding' on the other member to be connected to a polyphase supply to produce a plurality of fields of different pole numbers and adapted to act as a secondary in the field produced bythe Winding' on the first mentioned member.

5. An alternating current dynamo electric machine of variable pole number comprisingv a stator and rotor, a winding on one of said members to be connected to a polyphase supply to produce a field of a particular pole number` and adapted to act as secondary in a plurality of fields of different pole numbers? a Winding on the other member divided into a number of sections to be connected to apolyphase supply to produce a plurality of fields of said' different pole numbers andsaidwindingv being adapted to act asa secondary-in the field produced by the Windingv on theiirst mentioned memben and connections between points in one of said windings intermediate the ends of the sections: connected points being of equal potential for all connections of' said Winding to the supply. A

6. An alternating current dynamo electric machine of Variable pole number comprising a stator and rotor a Winding on one of said members to be connected to a polyphase supply to produce a field of a particulary pole number and adapted to act as va secondary in a plurality of fields of different pole numbers, ayvinding on the other member divided intoV a'num'ber of sections to be connected to a polyphase supply to produce a plurality of fields'of those different pole numbers, and connections between points in one of' saic windings' intermediate the ends of sections.y connected'points being of equal potential for all connections of said Winding to the supply' and said connections providingP means for'arranging the Winding to actas a secondary Ain the `field produced by the Winding; onv the othermember. I

7J An alternating` current dynamo electric machine of variable pole number comprising a stator and rotor, a Winding on one of said members to be connected to a polyphase, supply to produce a field of a particular number of pole pairs. and adapted to act as a secondary in a plurality of fields of different numbers of pole pairs, a; Windingv on the other member divided into a number' of sections tol be connected to a polyphase supply to produce a plurality of fields of those different numbers of pole pairs and to act as a secondary in the field produced by the Winding on the first mentioned member, the particular number of pole pairs being neither an exact multiple nor an exact submnltiple of any of the said different num-- bers of pole pairs, all of said particularand different numbers of pole pairs having av common factor greater than one andV sections of said Winding equally spaced round a fraction of the circumference of the member equal to the reciprocal of said common factor being joined in parallel.

8. An alternating current dynamo electric machine of variable pole number comprising' a stator and rotor, a Winding on one of said members to be connected to aV polyphase supply to produce a field of a particular pole number and adapted to act as a secondary in a field of another pole number, a Winding on the other member to be connected to a polyphase supply to produce a fieldV of that other pole number, external resistances, and means external to the'said Winding to connect together points in the Winding through said resist-ances to` adapt said Winding to act as a secondary in the fieldV produced by the Winding on the first mentioned member. Y

9. An alternating current dynamo electric machine of Variable pole number comprisinga stator and rotor, a Winding on one of said members to be connected to a poly` phase supply to produce a field of a particu-v lar pole number and adapted to act as a secondary in a field of another pole number,a Winding on the other member to be connected to a polyphase supply to produce a field of that other pole number, external variable resistances, and means external to the said Winding to connect together point-s in the Winding through said resistances to adapt said Winding to act as a secondary in ythe field produced by the Winding on the first mentioned member.

l0. An alternating current dynamo electric machine of variable pole number comprising a stator and rotor5 a Winding on one of said members to be connected to' a polyphase supply to produce fields of a .plurality of different pole numbers andV adaptedyto act as a secondary in fields of a plurality of other pole numbers and on the other mem-l ber, a Winding to be connected to a polyphase electric supply to produce'fields of the other pole'numbers and adapted to act as a secondary in the fields produced by the Winding on the first mentioned member.

ll. An alternating current dynamo electric machine of Variable pole number comprising a stator and rotor, a Winding on one of'said members to beV connected to a polyv-@the.first'inentioned member.

15. lin-.alternating current Ydynamo elec-- tric machine of Vy`variable pole numberwcom-` pliasesupply to produce iields ofa plurality of differentV pole numbers and adapted to act as ai secondary in fields of Va plurality of other pole Yn'umbersand on therother member,v a VVwinding to be connected to. ai poly-V pha'se velectric supply to produce fields of theotherpole numbers and adapted to act as a secondarv in `the fields produced by the winding on the first mentioned member, vthe winding having fewest primary sections beingiittedwith equipotential connections to complete circuits for the iiow of ondary currents therein. e I

12.5.;An alternating current dynamo-electriemachine of variable'pole number comprising Va stator'` and rotorg-.a plurality yof windingson one of said memberstoY be con;

nected -to a polyphasefsupplyf -to --producefV iields-.ofdiiferentpole numbers, one of said windings including-closed' circuits enabling it tofact. as a secondary"v onanother-pole number, vthe 'conductors inv said closed 'cir l cuits being arrangedin-twofsets disposed-- around-the .s circumference c so as'vto lie-11n# fields of; opposite polaritywhenthe .other winding on the same member is connected to thegline'and-windings on the other inember -ocooperate with saidwindings on the` firstmentionedmember.fV

rfrising a stator and rotor, a plurali-ty ofwindings on one of. said4 members to .be-.cone

nectedfto a polyphasefsupply .td-produce fields of a plurality of- .pole Vvnumbers,.and one of saidwindings adapted to vact asa secondaryon...va".further pole. .numberv and windings onl the other'V member to becon windings onfthe lfirst mentioned. member...

14. Analternating current dynamo elec-.W tric machine-ofvariablepole numberconrr. prisinga statorandrotor, a plurality'ofr.

windings onone of saidfmembers to *be` con-f nected to a polyphase supplylto produce.

fields of a plurality of pole -numbers and adaptedto actfas secondaries .on a plurality f.offurtlier"pole Vnumbersand windings on the other member to be connected toa poly;

phase supplyfto produce vfields of. said -fiirther rpolenumbers and to `act assecondariesl' windings ont in Lthe fieldsproduced by the prising a stator.V and rotor, la -windi-ngon one ofsaidf-membersfto'be connected to a .pol-y-'-- "phase supply toprodu'ce `fields. oftwofpole numbersand'adapted to actlas a secondaryl on a third pole number, anda second wind' ing; on said4 member to bel connected to a polyphase supplyto'. produce .a Ifield vof 'a fourth;polenumbernnd windings onthe" Von the said the sec- Y other Vmember to be `connected to a p'olythirdA pole number and to act as secondaries4 numbers. f f Y 1- Y 16. An alternating current dynamo elecvtric Vmachine of variable pole number comprising a stator and rotor, a winding on one of said membersto be connected to a first, vsecond' and'v fourthv pole 'phase supply to produce a `fieldof the said 1 to be connected to apolyphasesupply to t produce fields of a third `and fourth pole number, one of said -windings'being- 'adapt-.

ed to'actas afsecondary on--a .furtherpole number and' windings -on the othermembenn to be connected to apolyphase supply tof' produce a eld'of the pole numberY on which Y. the winding-ofthe firstmember. acts asa1 secondary and to act as secondaries `on--said-` "first, second,thirdvand fourth pole numbers. .f

17. An alternating current dynamo-electric machine -of variable pole number com# prising a statorand rotor,- a winding on:Vv

r`one of said members divided into sections, means-.for connecting said sections vto 'en-.... -able the windingfto produce a field. of given .pole number on 'connection toaxpolyphase.. f Y y l supply, means-forvaryingthe connectionsv i 13..:'An alternating. current.4 dynamo-el'eci-S.- tricfmacliine of variable role -number comof said sections touenablevsaid `windingto -act as a secondaryon vanother'.pole number...

tand windings on the `other member. to.be-.

connected to polyphase supply to. produce.a.,-v

- field of saidf second pole-number and to .act

as la'secondary on theiirst pole number...

18. An alternating current. dynamo .elec-.-. trie machineof variable-pole number com-.1.

of said members divided into sections means Vvprising a stator and rotor, a Windingon one nec-ted to a polyphase supply toproduce a.. field ofv said furtherpole number and to actu as secondaries inthe fields produced. by. theY winding to produce a eld. of..given..pole

said sections through the resistances. topenf4 `r able the winding to act asa vsecondaryY on another'polenumberfand windings. onthe..

number and to -act as pole number. Y f

19. An alternatingcurrent.dynamo elec'r-.i'i/

=other'member tocbe connected .to .polyphase .r v supply -toproduce'a-ieldof said second pole a secondary` on v*the rst' 15 tric machine of variable pole numberV come).

prising a'stator and rotor, a Winding on one of said members to be connectedstoa 'poly-f phase Vsupply and dividediinto ffsections, "12915.

means` for connecting said "sections into.. a

Tnet work of star type for-producingv a field.4 *of givenfpolefnumber ofwhichnet work each arm includes a plurality of. parallels.. said net work having 'as many star .points asthere vare parallels, each star..point being a Junction of oneparallelof each' arm, ,re-f,... sistances,VA means. for] oining saidl star. points.

together through said resistances, to adapt. the winding to act-asia secondaryoii/.another/,j

'forconnecting said sections to.. venable the`..1.05

pole number and windings on the other member to be connected to a polyphase electric supply to produce a field of that pole number and to act as a secondary upon the first mentioned pole number. v

20. An alternating current dynamo electric machine of variable pole number comprising a sta-tor and rotor, a winding on one of said members to be connected to a polyphase supply and divided into sections which are connected to form at least three parallels per phase when the winding acts as a primary and said parallels being the seat of a balanced polyphase system of curl rents when the winding acts as a secondary and windings on the other member to be connected to a polyphase supply to produce a field of said secondary pole number and to act as a secondary on said primary pole number.

21. A n alternating current dynamo electric machine of variable pole number comprising a stator and rotor, a two phase winding on one of said members divided into sections connected together in pairs of sets joined in series with a junction terminal, each set containing a number of equally spaced sections equal to the lowest number of primary pole pairs, means for connecting pairs of adjacent sections in series to adapt the winding to produce a iield of given pole number on connection to a two phase supply, means for alternatively connecting adjacent sections of the winding to phases in quadrature to produce a 'ield of twice that pole number on connection to the two phase supply, and windings on the other member adapted to co-operate with said windings on the first member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FREDERICK CREEDY 

